Issue 04 – 2012 ACI World AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT NEWS A service provided by ACI World in cooperation with Momberger Airport Information www.mombergerairport.info Editor & Publisher: Martin Lamprecht [email protected] / Founding Editor & Publisher: Manfred Momberger EUROPE Great Britain: London City Airport, opened 25 years ago, plans to upgrade its departure gates, lounges and baggage services. Work will start in early 2013. Declan Collier, the airport’s CEO said: “With the investment we’re announcing today and the further infrastructure work over the next three years, we can reach our permitted capacity, maintain our high standards, and absorb some of the European air traffic from other airports in the Southeast that are beginning to feel the strain.” It is hoped that the number of aircraft movements will grow from 70 000 to 120 000 a year, with passenger numbers swelling from 3.2 million to as many as 10 million. The airport has ten airlines operating flights to some 45 cities and has grown significantly since opening in 1987. London-Heathrow Airport has held a topping-out ceremony for the Terminal 2 satellite pier, T2B, to mark the final stage of Phase 1 of the GBP 2.5 billion project. The event signalled the completion of construction of the 522-m long satellite pier that will have 16 boarding gates and - once finished - will be connected to the main Terminal 2 by a walkway beneath the airfield. Steve Morgan, BAA’s Director of Capital, said: “We have reached a significant point in the construction of the satellite pier of Terminal 2. When completed, Terminal 2 will deliver bright, modern and practical facilities to our passengers and airlines – all part of our vision to make every journey better.” In addition to the satellite pier, there are three other key elements to Terminal 2 ,which will welcome 20 million passengers a year: • The new main terminal, which topped out in February 2012 • A new multi-storey carpark, and • The re-development of the road system connecting T2. -- Terminal 2 is due to open to passengers in 2014 and is part of the five-year, GBP 4.8 billion transformation of Heathrow that began after the opening of the GBP 4.3 billion Terminal 5 in 2008. France: Aéroports de Paris has released details of a six-year upgrade programme for Paris- Orly Airport. A central element of the project will see the existing two terminals merged into a single facility by 2018 with the aim of drastically improving the passenger experience. The South and West terminals will be merged, a brand new international departure lounge constructed, and all terminal entrances will be redeveloped. This will amount to the addition of more than 100 000 m² of new space for passengers. -- Since 1 October 2012, Air France customers at Paris-CDG will have noticed some changes with all international flights now grouped at Terminal 2F, exclusively dedicated to European (Schengen) flights operated by Air France and its SkyTeam alliance partners. AF’s regional airlines (Brit Air, Regional, Airlinair) operate their flights at Terminal 2G. Air France says that by grouping operations, connecting channels have been made shorter, more fluid and will save customers up to 10 minutes on their connection times. Germany: Frankfurt Airport has completed the EUR 300 million step-by-step upgrading and modernization of Pier B of its Terminal 1, started in 2006. The building, which accommodates up to 20 million passengers annually, is now compatible with EU regulations for the separation of arriving and departing passenger flows. All facilities, including retail areas and lounges, where adapted to the higher passenger volumes of modern widebody jets. Fire-protection and energy-saving systems were modernized while the Pier remained in operation at all times. The airport has opened the new Pier A-Plus of Terminal 1 on 10 October 2012 after operational tests with some 2000 ‘passengers’ were completed on eight days in September. The 185 400-m² pier will be reserved for Lufthansa passenger flights and includes five new Lufthansa lounges. The annual handling capacity of the pier is 6 million passengers. -- Pier A-Plus, one of the biggest future-oriented projects at Copyright © 2012 Momberger Airport Information by Air Trans Source Inc. Page 1 of 10 Issue 04 – 2012 ACI World AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT NEWS A service provided by ACI World in cooperation with Momberger Airport Information www.mombergerairport.info Editor & Publisher: Martin Lamprecht [email protected] / Founding Editor & Publisher: Manfred Momberger Frankfurt Airport, was partially opened on 3 July 2012, when twelve security lanes for passengers with destinations in Schengen countries were commissioned Russia: Moscow’s Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo airports have signed a joint resolution to merge as one airport company by the end of 2012. The move paves the way for the two airports, with a combined 2011 traffic of just under 31 million passengers, to be privatized at a later date. The two airports have formed a joint steering committee, which also includes an independent adviser from Aéroports de Paris, to oversee the merger. A major international consulting firm has also been appointed to identify potential synergies and risks. The merger and subsequent privatization - forecast to take place by mid-2014 - are anticipated to have a dramatic impact on retail conditions at the two airports. At present each airport houses multiple retailers with no exclusivity within terminals or product categories. Eugene Vasiliev, Director of Duty Free Partners at Sheremetyevo and Rex Trading at Vnukovo, said: “The single company is likely to introduce similar rents and conditions at both airports. At the moment they are very different. I think a new management company will want to appoint fewer retailers who have exclusive rights to the various product categories.” -- One or both of the airports will also gain an additional 7 million passengers later in 2012, as Domodedovo Airport reduces its traffic in preparation for runway redevelopments in 2013. NORTH AMERICA U.S.A.: On 10 October 2012, construction work began on the new USD 160-million, two-floor Wichita Mid-Continent Airport terminal northwest of the existing building dating from 1954, which will remain in place until the new one is ready to open in 2015. The facility is designed so that up to 16 aircraft can be served from the base building with loading bridges. Planning for the new terminal began in 2001. The project is funded by a user-based fee system and a USD 53 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. The terminal will be able to handle 2 million passengers annually at twelve gates, with expansion possible by four gates that can accommodate an additional 400 000 passengers annually. LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN Peru: On 3 September 2012, Aeropuertos del Perú started construction work on the new international terminal at Pisco Airport. The PEN 153 million (USD 59 million) terminal, capable of handling 400 000 passengers annually from 2017, will be completed in 32 months. The building with a modern architecture and state-of-the-art equipment will give the airport international standard and help in decentralizing international flights in central Peru which are now handled by Lima Airport almost exclusively. It will also provide easy access for international tourists to Paracas Bay (a nature reserve) and the Nazca lines (a UNESCO World Heritage site) and will ease agricultural exports. Chile: The Public Works Ministry (MOP) has announced a new plan that will expand the capacity of Santiago’s ‘Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport’ (AMB) in three stages. Phase 1, currently under way, is scheduled to be completed by 2017. Stage 2 would see investments totalling USD 700 million over a 15-year period by a new concessionaire. Capacity would be increased to serve 29 million passengers by 2030. The third stage would allow the terminal to serve 50 million passengers by 2045. The plan aims to turn AMB into South America’s most modern airport. AMB already has seen a huge increase in passengers flying in and out of Santiago, with an average annual growth rate of 8.6% over the last 20 years. Copyright © 2012 Momberger Airport Information by Air Trans Source Inc. Page 2 of 10 Issue 04 – 2012 ACI World AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT NEWS A service provided by ACI World in cooperation with Momberger Airport Information www.mombergerairport.info Editor & Publisher: Martin Lamprecht [email protected] / Founding Editor & Publisher: Manfred Momberger Ecuador: Canada’s Aecon Group Inc. has achieved ‘Substantial Completion’ on the new Quito International Airport project as scheduled. Aecon has built the airport as part of a 50:50 joint venture with Brazil-based Andrade Gutierrez Constructores S.A. Work on the contract involved all of the critical infrastructure required to make the airport operational, including the passenger terminal, runways, taxiways, control tower, and ancillary buildings such as cargo and catering facilities, ground service facilities, as well as the supply and integration of the IT, navigation and security systems. In addition to having been granted the Substantial Completion Certificate, the airport has received the Certificate to Operate from the Ecuadorian Civil Aviation Authority. “We are immensely proud to have reached this significant milestone on this complex greenfield project,” says John M. Beck, Chairman & CEO of Aecon Group Inc. “This achievement would not have been possible without the extraordinary efforts and support of the Aecon team, our partners, lenders, and the Canadian Commercial Corporation, a Canadian government agency.” The airport has been constructed for concessionaire Corporación Quiport S.A. (Quiport), in which Aecon holds a 45.5% economic stake. Aecon’s partners in Quiport are CCR S.A., Airport Development Corporation of Toronto, and HAS Development Corporation of Houston, Texas (affiliated with the Houston Airport System).